Direct Spherification Kit

The Modernist Pantry Spherification Kit is a great starter kit if you're interested in making spherified liquids. This kit has almost everything you'd need to get started including a 60cc syringe, 50g Sodium Alginate, 50g Calcium Chloride, and 50g Sodium Citrate. The only other things you'd probably want to pick up are a Spherification Spoon and a high precision gram scale to ensure you get the perfect measurements. The included powders are very fresh and I had no problems creating flavored caviar, including an "egg yolk" using mango juice and puree. This kit has enough Sodium Alginate, Calcium Chloride, and Sodium Citrate to make multiple cups (apparently 17 cups!) of caviar. It's a fun kit to get to experiment in the kitchen.

Kit works great and was fun for a little kitchen science.

Intro to molecular gastronomy. As for the kit itself, it's really very generous. There's enough product here to do quite a lot of projects; as for how that compares to other kits, I can't say, as I've not tried any others. I think the important points that home chefs should know, and that aren't mentioned in the product description, are as follows. 1. You're going to need a digital scale, capable of measuring things down to a tenth of a gram in order to do things with this stuff. There are many on Amazon and they don't need to be expensive; I found a very good one for under 10 bucks. When you pick one, pay attention to how the scale is calibrated - if it requires an external, verified weight to calibrate it, you're best off to buy one of those too - Again, they're not at all expensive. 2. Depending on what you've got in mind to do, you may need to learn some additional techniques as well, such as fining. This isn't a bad thing at all, as it will immerse you a bit deeper in the art. The bottom line is that, with a bit of set up and research, you really can make some spectacular stuff that will elevate ordinary dishes to the extraordinary, and it's genuinely big fun too.

Bought this kit for my daughter and friend who are into the boba drinks. Majorly into them. Had fruit juice on hand and tried to make the boba. To my surprise It worked but the boba or caviar was more like a jelly once it set up after a few hrs. But still my daughter and friend was tickled pink. So we tried to make honey boba by mixing honey, water, and the kit. That too worked. The only issue I have is its not in tsp, cups, etc. I don't own a scale and wasn't going to pay more for one. I converted measurements on my own. Its not exact but it worked. The girls had fun using the syringes, spoons, and straws to make all kinds of boba. They made bubbles, snakes, caviar sized boba and even spoon sized boba. They had a blast. The girls made 5 dif kinds of boba and I still have plenty of mix left over. Great price. Would recommend to anyone who wants to experiment with boba. According to my daughter its nit exactly boba, but close enough. She would make again. In fact she wants to try tea boba.

This worked perfectly for my son's science fair project. Although it came with no instruction booklet in my pack I had found a review on a similar product with detailed instructions it worked perfectly. We used 200 grams of sprite 2 g of sodium alginate mixed thoroughly. In another bowl mixed 2 cups of water, weighed it out, which was 470 grams and mixed it with 4.7 grams of calcium chloride till dissolved. Then had a bowl of plain water last. Used syringe to suck up a little of the sprite mixture, then slowly dropped in to the calcium mixture. Let sit for 1 min. Then removed and put into the plain water for a quick second to rinse off. Then eat! We didn't use the calcium citrate at all. We used coke, sprite, and Gatorade and all worked perfectly. You must use 1% of the food liquid and the water in sodium alginate and calcium chloride. Ex. 300 grams of juice to 3 grams of sodium alginate. Good luck!

This product is overpriced in MHO. It works ok after a couple of tries. The spheres are not really looking like what you are used to from Ice cream stores and the likes. They come out almost elongated and too small, we think. Tried ever which way. Also, just using fruit juice doesn’t work well- not enough flavor. So you are left to use a drink concentrate, or add artificial flavoring which is a no-no for me. It was fun for the kids making these and now they are over it because it didn’t taste good/ tasteless

Fantastic! My kid used this kit for an Outschool boba-making class. It was SUPER fun for her, and there’s enough powder to do many, many batches. The “calcium bath” can be saved and reused another day (store in fridge). The syringe that comes in the kit makes small size boba balls. I think we’ll look for a syringe with a larger tip, so she can make bobas like the ones they have at the local froyo place. Make sure you rinse the bobas after the calcium bath, before popping them in your mouth!! We had a disgustingly good laugh after making that mistake. Lol! Per the teacher’s instructions, avoid liquids that are high in calcium or citric acid (lemonade, milk, OJ, etc). Citrus and calcium both affect the chemical reaction. But that would be a good experiment for you or your kid, to see what the extra calcium/citrus does!

The first thing they tell you is that what is in the kit may not give you the best results, but you can buy the right products from us HERE (insert link to more expensive ingredients). It takes practice to get it right, and if you don't get it right the results are tasteless and gross. There's a lot of preparation, even more cleanup, but also a lot of fun if you're into edible art. If you want good results right away, buy the ingredients separately. Read up on it first; there are a lot of people out there with good advice. There are also much better ingredients available that are easier to work with and better tasting, and if you stick with it you will not be repurchasing the ingredients that come in this kit. You will want the better stuff. First, make sure you have an immersion blender and know how to use it without cutting off your fingertips. A kitchen blender will whip air into your mixture and it takes a lot of fiddling to get it out. Then make sure you have a stretch of several hours to put toward the project. There will be a sink full of dishes for a few cups of caviar, so plan for that too. All in all, you will learn how to do the spherification, but the results may put you off of the whole idea. If you really enjoy it, you will end up spending more money for the better ingredients, and honestly would be better off buying them to begin with.